TO BEGIN:
OPEN TEXTBOOK LIBRARY: FREE TEXTBOOKS IN ALL ACADEMIC SUBJECT AREAS
OPENLY ACCESSIBLE (FREE) BOOKS on ESL WRITING may be found here through the OER COMMONS
and:
*** WRITING RESOURCES FOR FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS and ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
and:
A TEACHER's GUIDE TO WRITING -- FOR ESL STUDENTS from the U of ALASKA:
(One must slowly scroll down the page to view these student-centered resources)
VIDEOS:
COURSE READERS AND TEXTBOOKS:
Course Reader for "Crafting an Effective Writer -- Tools of the Trade":
English Writing Playlists--ALL:
English Writing Playlist--Modifying Writing with Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, and Figurative Language:
English Writing Playlist--Understanding a Writing Assignment--Title, Topic, Author, and Audience:
English Writing Playlist--Strengthening a Thesis:
http://www.hippocampus.org/HippoCampus/?user=English+Writing&playlist=Strengthening+a+Thesis
Professors will often require a Thesis Statement in your research paper: the above website explains -- through several examples --how to recognize a strong thesis statement, and then how to write one.
"An interactive, multimedia text that introduces students to reading and writing at the college level.
The text is organized into two major parts.
Part 1 is titled “Working with Texts” and emphasizes building strong reading skills and how to work with texts that you need to use in completing college reading and writing assignments.
Part 2, titled “Writing,” is all about, well, writing. This half of the text covers a variety of topics including determining the audience and purpose for your writing assignments, getting started, drafting, working with sources, revising, and more.
While navigating through the text, you’ll notice that the major part of the text you’re working within is identified at the top of the page. We hope this helps you to navigate between sections and subsections and to understand the relationships between them."
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Introduction
- Part 1: Working with Texts
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What is a Text?
- Building Strong Reading Skills
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Read Effectively
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Create an Optimal Setting for Reading
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Use Pre-reading Strategies
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Read Efficiently
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Annotate and Take Notes
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Do Quick Research
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Discover What a Text is Trying to Say
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Explore the Ways the Text Affects You
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Reflect
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Troubleshoot Your Reading
- Writing about Texts
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Reading Critically
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Exploring the Structure of a Text
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Dialectic Note-taking
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Analyzing Content and Rhetoric
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Sentence-Level Analysis
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Point of View
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Word Choice
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Paragraph Analysis
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Summarizing a Text
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Critiquing a Text
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Drawing Conclusions, Synthesizing, and Reflecting
- What is Information Literacy?
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Why is Information Literacy Important?
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Finding Quality Texts
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Learning About Plagiarism and Guidelines for Using Information
- Part 2: Writing
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About This Section
- Why Write?
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Self-Exploration and Self-Enrichment
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Creativity
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Comprehension and Academic Performance
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Professional Opportunities
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Effective Communication and Persuasion
- Determining Your Audience and Purpose
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Audience
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Purpose
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Appealing to Your Audience
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Exercises
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Tone, Voice, and Point of View
- Prewriting—Generating Ideas
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Selecting and Narrowing a Topic
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Strategies for Getting Started
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Imagining Your Audience’s Needs
- Drafting
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Organizing Your Ideas and Looking for Connections
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Finding the Thesis
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Writing a First Draft
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Writing Paragraphs
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The Paragraph Body: Supporting Your Ideas
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Developing Relationships between Ideas
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Patterns of Organization and Methods of Development
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Writing Introductions
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Writing Conclusions
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Writing Summaries
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Paraphrasing
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Quoting
- Using Sources Correctly
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Crediting and Citing Your Sources
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Citing or Identifying Images in Your Writing
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Handling Titles
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Proofreading Your Work with Sources
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Using Citation Generators
- Dealing with Obstacles and Developing Good Habits
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Overcoming Writing Anxiety and Writer’s Block
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Good Writing Habits
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Procrastination
- Revising
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Higher vs. Lower Order Concerns
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Reverse Outlining
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Editing
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Document Format, Documentation Style, and Proofreading
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Giving and Receiving Feedback
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What’s Next?
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Appendices
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Grammar and Style
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Resources for Working with MLA
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Creating a Works Cited Page
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Results for the “Check Your Understanding” Activities
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Glossary of Terms
is designed as a comprehensive grammar and writing etext for high intermediate and advanced level non-native speakers of English.
We open the text with a discussion on the sentence and then break it down into its elemental components, before reconstructing them
into effective sentences with paragraphs and larger academic assignments.
Following that, we provide instruction in paragraph and essay writing with several opportunities to both review the fundamentals as well
as to demonstrate mastery and move on to more challenging assignments.
Design: We have structured the etext into three basic parts.
Part I, Composing Strategies and Techniques, includes a sequenced discussion from composing effective sentences through paragraph and essay writing. This includes the pre-writing and planning stages of writing as well as the revising and editing stage in the first five chapters.
Part II, Language Use, Grammar, and Mechanics, is meant to be used as a grammar and mechanics handbook as well as the practice and review of idiomatic wording.
Part III, All About Writing: Samples, Topics, and Rubrics, has chapters with additional writing topics for practice, sample student papers, and rubrics for evaluating writing.
(a University System of Georgia textbook)
"For students and others who read it, this style manual quickly becomes a favorite resource. Whether planning a paper, running a grammar check, completing a report, composing an email, puzzling over a usage or grammar issue, or writing a resume or online portfolio, you are bound to find the material and examples you need in
Style for Students Online.
Drawing from his breadth of experience as a tutor, teacher, editor, and creative writer, Joe Schall provides technical writing advice that spans from the conceptual to the niggling. Thoughtful, practical, up-to-date, and rich in pith, Style for Students Online should be bookmarked as one of your oft-visited websites."
Table of Contents:
Open English Foundations Textbook:
Unit 1: Introduction to College Reading and Writing:
Unit 2: Identifying Main Ideas:
Unit 3: Discovering Implied Meaning:
Unit 4: Interpreting Bias:
Unit 5: Analysis Through Definition:
Unit 6: Learning Across Discipline:
Unit 7: Exploring Comparative Elements:
Unit 8: Informed Opinions Through Causal Chains:
Unit 9: Applied Critical Analysis:
Unit 10: Using Sources in Critical Reading and Writing:
"Who Teaches Writing is an open teaching and learning resource being used in English Composition classes at Oklahoma State University. It was authored by contributors from Oklahoma State University and also includes invited chapters from faculty and staff at institutions both inside and outside of Oklahoma. Contributors include faculty from various departments, contingent faculty and staff, and graduate instructors. One purpose of the resource is to provide short, relatively jargon-free chapters geared toward undergraduate students taking First-Year Composition. Support for this project was provided in part by OpenOKState and Oklahoma State University Libraries"
A Literature Scholar Teaches Structuring Paragraphs in a Research Essay Ryan Slesinge
A Film Scholar Teaches Evaluative Writing Graig Uhlin
"In this open education resource (OER) text, we will enter the world of academic writing by exploring how to craft the college essay. We will do this through an interactive discussion of the six main stages of the writing process and the six main elements of the essay format.
While no essay can be fully reduced to a simple series of steps or formulas, we will see that the essay does provide a coherent template, an ancient and powerful structure, through which we can engage the world of ideas and communicate our own perceptions and discoveries
in meaningful and academically productive ways. We will also examine how emerging technologies, and multimodal instruction and composition, are changing the notion of how to teach and how to do writing.
And, most importantly, how our various subjectivities influence not only the ways we approach any topic, but also how we develop voice, tone, and our relationship to authority, tradition, and the ever changing world of ideas."
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( Courtesy of the University of Illinois at Chicago)
Table of Contents:
Introduction: How to Use This Textbook
Chapter 1: Academic Skills
Chapter 2: Paraphrasing
Chapter 3: Summarizing
Chapter 4: Responding to a Text
Chapter 5: Argumentative Research Paper
Chapter 6: Compiling a Writing Portfolio
Chapter 7: Timed Writing Assignments
APPENDICES:
Appendix A: MLA Formatting Guidelines and Resources
Appendix B: Assignment and Exam Rubrics
Appendix C: Outlines
Appendix D: Peer and Self-Review Forms
Appendix E: Links to Supplemental Resources
APPENDIX E: Links to Supplemental Resources is now available here:
(a 2022 Publication)
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1: Intro to Creative Writing
- Chapter 2: Review of Elements
- Chapter 3: Poetry
- Chapter 4: Flash Fiction
- Chapter 5: Fiction
- Chapter 6: Drama
- Chapter 7: Nonfiction
- Chapter 8: Experimental Literature
- Chapter 9: Final Chapter
- Chapter 10: Assignment and Project Ideas -- includes Final exercises
"Designed specifically for students, this Pressbook offers interactive activities and strategies for developing academic writing skills.
Learners have the opportunity to review key parts of the writing process from interpreting their assignment instructions, organizing their ideas, drafting their writing, and revising their work."
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6. Thinking About Your Assignment
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7. Keyword Clues - Determining the Type of Writing
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8. Types of Academic Writing
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9. Breaking Down an Assignment
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10. Concept Mapping
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11. Outlining
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12. Developing Your Thesis Statement
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13. Refining Your Thesis Statement
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14. Planning Your Writing - Drafting Paragraphs
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15. Planning Your Writing - Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
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16. Planning Your Writing - Incorporating Evidence
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17. Planning Your Writing - Overcoming Obstacles
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18. Revising Your Writing
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19. Review and Next Steps
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12MAlyPY0P2U-bfZ3-6SECyjej0TDw0jH/view?usp=sharing
Click on the above title, then click on "Download a PDF" when that prompt appears; also freely available via the Google Drive link above
Table of Contents:
- Unit 1 The Things We Carry: Experience, Culture, and Language
- Chapter 1 The Digital World: Building on What You Already Know to Respond Critically
- Chapter 2 Language, Identity, and Culture: Exploring, Employing, Embracing
- Chapter 3 Literacy Narrative: Building Bridges, Bridging Gaps
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Unit 2 Bridging the Divide Between Personal Identity and Academia
- Chapter 4 Memoir or Personal Narrative: Learning Lessons from the Personal
- Chapter 5 Profile: Telling a Rich and Compelling Story
- Chapter 6 Proposal: Writing About Problems and Solutions
- Chapter 7 Evaluation or Review: Would You Recommend It?
- Chapter 8 Analytical Report: Writing from Facts
- Chapter 9 Rhetorical Analysis: Interpreting the Art of Rhetoric
- Chapter 10 Position Argument: Practicing the Art of Rhetoric
- Chapter 11 Reasoning Strategies: Improving Critical Thinking
- Chapter 12 Argumentative Research: Enhancing the Art of Rhetoric with Evidence
- Chapter 13 Research Process: Accessing and Recording Information
- Chapter 14 Annotated Bibliography: Gathering, Evaluating, and Documenting Sources
- Chapter 15 Case Study Profile: What One Person Says About All
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Unit 3 Navigating Rhetoric in Real Life
- Chapter 16 Print or Textual Analysis: What You Read
- Chapter 17 Image Analysis: What You See
- Chapter 18 Multimodal and Online Writing: Creative Interaction between Text and Image
- Chapter 19 Scripting for the Public Forum: Writing to Speak
- Chapter 20 Portfolio Reflection: Your Growth as a Writer
"Welcome to composition and rhetoric!
While most of you are taking this course because it is required, we hope that all of you will leave with more confidence in your reading, writing, researching, and speaking abilities as these are all elements of freshman composition.
Many times, these elements are presented in excellent textbooks written by top scholars. While the collaborators of this particular textbook respect and value those textbooks available from publishers, we have been concerned about students who do not have the resources to purchase textbooks.
Therefore, we decided to put together this Open Educational Resource (OER) explicitly for use in freshman composition courses at Texas A&M University.
It is important to note that the focus for this text is on thesis-driven argumentation as that is the focus of the first year writing course at Texas A&M University at the time of development.
However, other first year writing courses at different colleges and universities include a variety of types of writing such as personal essays, informative articles, and/or creative writing pieces.
The collaborators for this project acknowledge each program is unique; therefore, the adaptability of an OER textbook for first year writing allows for academic freedom across campuses."
Table of Contents:
- I. Introduction
- II. Getting Started
- III. Rhetorical Situation
- IV. Types of Argumentation
- V. Process and Organization
- VI. Joining the Academic Conversation
- VII. Researched Writing:
7.1 Developing a Research Question
7.2 Researched Position Paper
7.3 Developing a Research Strategy
7.4 Finding Supporting Information
7.5 Using the Right Sources for Your Project
7.6 Writing an Annotated Bibliography
7.7 From Annotated Bibliography to Rough Draft: How to Develop your Position
"Teaching Writing offers resources to help teachers incorporate evidence-based approaches to teach writing and rhetoric effectively in their teaching context."
Keywords: writing, learners, approaches, learning modules, teaching multilingual writers
Includes:
WR 111: Academic Writing for ELL 1
WR 112: Academic Writing for ELL 2
WR 120: First-Year Writing Seminar
WR 15x: Writing, Research, & Inquiry
Oklahoma State University
("This modern, open-source guide to technical and professional writing explores workplace composition through theoretical and practical applications. Discussions of multiple writing genres will assist you in understanding how to apply for jobs, how to compose clear and precise business communications once the job has been acquired, and how to create documents -- such as proposals and reports -- that will be instrumental in helping to advance your career.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
I. Theory
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Audience
Chapter 3: Team Work and Collaborative Writing
Chapter 4: Ethics
Chapter 5: Document Design
II. Genres and Practice
Chapter 6: Emails, Memos, and Texting
Chapter 7: Applying to Jobs (Resumes/Letters)
Chapter 8: Technical Instructions
Chapter 9: Proposals
Chapter 10: Research
Chapter 11: Analytical Reports
Chapter 12: Oral Reports
Appendix: Technical Instructions -- Additional Student Examples
Table of Contents:
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Reading to Figure out the Argument
- 3: Writing a Summary of Another Writer’s Argument
- 4: Assessing the Strength of an Argument (Logos)
- 5: Responding to an Argument
- 6: The Research Process
- 7: Forming a Research-Based Argument
- 8: How Arguments Appeal to Emotion (Pathos)
- 9: How Arguments Establish Trust and Connection (Ethos)
- 10: Writing an Analysis of an Argument’s Strategies
- 11: The Writing Process
- 12: Essay Organization
- 13: Correcting Grammar and Punctuation
- 14: Style: Shaping Our Sentences
- 15: Teacher's Guide
(from U MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST)
("This is the work our students have embarked on over the past three semesters. This volume, which includes essays written in Fall 2019, Spring 2020, and Fall 2020, is Writing the World’s most ambitious and diverse representation of student writing in Comparative Literature courses. For this edition, we have received submissions representative of the most varied range of courses from 100 to 300 levels. The writing centers topics and themes that go from autobiography to coloniality, from politics to architecture. These essays analyze medieval writing, comics, stand-up comedy, and contemporary film.
In addition, this is the first time Writing the World includes a series of creative writing: original pieces produced by students that represent other ways to engage with the content and materials of Comparative Literature courses.
The range and breadth as well as the quality of the writing is testament to the resiliency of the students who produced these pieces. The particular conditions the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has created for students and editors alike, has made their work particularly challenging and all the more meaningful. Given these challenges that affected us at a global level, the editorial committee cannot help but present this anthology with a celebratory attitude that does not take away from the quality of the works included.")
Incudes:
I. Critical and Analytical Writing
II. Creative Writing
WRITING SKILLS:
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Writing Skills: Avoiding Plagiarism
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Writing Skill: Summary and Response
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Writing Skills: Noun Clauses for Better Sentences
A NEW OER WRITING ADVICE MODULE MAY BE FOUND HERE
OER= OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE, FREE TO ALL
(THE GOOGLE DOCS VERSION OF THIS MODULE IS ENTITLED "WRITING IN A PROFESSIONAL CONTEXT")
Module Chapters: The chapters in this module include:
INCLUDES:
TO HELP YOUR STUDENTS WRITE:
MORE GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS TO STIMULATE THE WRITING PROCESS:
A GRAPHIC ORGANIZER FOR THE PRELIMINARY WRITING PHASE:
CONCEPTUALIZING WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY IN AN ESSAY:
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER FOR WRITING A PERSUASIVE LETTER
Please consult:
ALSO SEE RELATED WORKS ON HOW TO RESEARCH and WRITE WELL:
Writing In College: From Competence to Excellence
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Writing for Success --especially chapter 15 on how to read and analyze an essay
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POWERFUL VERBS FOR THESIS STATEMENTS AND also here
plus: 467 Ways to avoid saying "said" as in she said; he said this, the author said
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MORE WRITING RESOURCES
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DEMYSTIFYING RESEARCH
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ANATOMY of (ENGLISH) GRAMMAR brehes-grammar-anatomy.pdf (HOW TO WRITE CORRECTLY, OBSERVING CORRECT GRAMMATICAL RULES IN ENGLISH)
and
128 ways to avoid saying "very"
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335 Ways to Avoid Saying "Went"
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Narrowing a Topic and Developing a Research Question (from the Indiana University Libraries)
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Developing a Research Question
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Characteristics of Effective Research Questions
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for Writers of Theses and Dissertations: Academic Phrasebank
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Using Articles (for multilingual writers)
and
A GOOGLE DOCS VERSION OF "WRITING IN A PROFESSIONAL CONTEXT"
A GOOGLE DOCS VERSION OF "WRITING IN A PROFESSIONAL CONTEXT" has Module Chapters
The chapters in this module include:
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(How to THINK about a SCIENTIFIC PAPER, so you can later write a SCIENTIFIC PAPER)
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NOTE:
TO WRITE ABOUT LITERATURE, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND LITERARY TERMS:
THIS BOOK WILL HELP STUDENTS THINK ABOUT LITERATURE AND THEN WRITE:
LITERATURE, CRITICAL THINKING AND WRITING: A TEXTBOOK (Includes Assigned
Readings for further analysis)
FOR ADDITIONAL PRACTICE WITH HOW TO ANALYZE and PERFECT CLOSE READINGS OF LITERARY PASSAGES, PLEASE REFER TO THE TEXTBOOK
WRITING FOR SUCCESS: ESPECIALLY THE CHAPTER ON "HOW TO READ AN ESSAY --WITH PRACTICAL EXERCISES"
("Breaking Down Academic Articles is a fun tutorial that walks you through the most important aspects of an academic article, to help you prepare for class discussion on the article(s) or take away essential information from the article to support future research.")
The tutorial also discusses how to locate an author's thesis statement as one key to a better understanding of the meaning, significance and importance of the academic article.
"Writing Basics is a series of self-paced online Units that serve as a tutorial for those desiring a refresher in basic writing skills. The course is designed to prepare students for 100-level composition courses or to cover the skills needed for general education writing requirements at the college level.
Preview Online Modules: Writing Basics Course
Subject Matter Expert Review: SME Review: Writing Basics"
AND, TALKING ABOUT WRITING BASICS, PLEASE FOCUS ON THE ALL-IMPORTANT PARAGRAPH AS A FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF WRITING:
SUMMARIZING THE BASICS OF WRITING --A SYNTHESIS FROM SEMINARS BY NOTABLE WRITING INSTRUCTORS: WHAT MAKES A GOOD PARAGRAPH?
Scientific Writing Resource
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SCIENTIFIC WRITING-
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"Motivated by scientists' reputation for ineffective writing and convinced that writing skills are beneficial to science careers and the community at large, Duke University's Scientific Writing Resource aims to shrink "the gap between the public and academy," through improved writing skills.
The resource, which is intended for graduate-level students, hones writing skills through three lessons: "Subjects/Actions," "Cohesion/Emphasis," and "Simplicity."
Each lesson walks users through concepts and examples, concluding with a worksheet to test your knowledge.
Lessons are intended to take less than an hour to complete and are designed for either classroom settings or individual learning.
Those looking for additional content on effective writing will want to check out the Extras menu (on the left-hand side), which houses sections such as The Next Level (with bonus lessons on passive voice, dangling modifiers, and the ever-popular em-dash) and a checklist for "Revising Your Manuscript in 7 Steps" (under Smart Revising).
The More Resources section links to several other books and articles that may be of interest.
The site was created by Nathan Sheffield, a professor and researcher with "a passion for scientific writing."
(from the INTERNET SCOUT REPORT, APRIL 10, 2020)
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(How to develop good writing and the things that stand in the way)
Sample Assignments:
Skills: Research, Summary Writing
Genre: Memo
ENGL 417 Trade Journal Response Memo
Skills: Reflection, Critical Thinking
Genre: Memo
ENGL 417: Performance Review Assignment
Skills: Collaborative Writing, Research, Critical Thinking and Analysis, Summary Writing
Genres: Proposal, Brief or Routine Report, Memo
Collaborative Project
Skills: Collaborative Writing, Research, Critical Thinking and Analysis, Document Design with Visuals,
Writing for a Public Audience
"Open English @ SLCC originated from a shared desire to offer affordable, responsive, accessible instructional resources for students enrolled in composition courses at SLCC.
This Pressbook is one part of the Open English project. It works as a local venue for faculty, students, and other members of the SLCC community to circulate ideas about and discuss writing in their lives.
- I. Writing: How We Do, Be, & Make in the World
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1. Donald J. Trump, Pope Francis, and the Beef That Defied Space and Time
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2. So You Wanna Be an Engineer, a Welder, a Teacher? Academic Disciplines and Professional Literacies
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3. Memorability: 6 Keys for Success
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4. Why Fiction?
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5. "You Will Never Believe What Happened!"—Stories We Tell
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II. Rhetoric: How We Examine Writing in the World
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6. On Rhetoric
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7. Language Matters: A Rhetorical Look at Writing
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8. The Rhetorical Situation
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9. Audience
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10. Exigence
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11. On Genre
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12. Counterargument
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13. Story as Rhetorical: We Can't Escape Story No Matter How Hard We Try
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III. Action: How We Engage & Initiate Change Via Writing
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14. Personal Literacy and Academic Learning
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15. Writing for Community Change
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16. The Elizabeth Smart Case: A Study in Narrativized News
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17. Service Learning Abroad: Helping the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation in South Africa
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18. The Ethics and Importance of Arguments Across Moral Tribes
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IV. Deliberation: How We Make Strategic Writing Choices
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19. Writers Make Strategic Choices
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20. Making Choices in Writing
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21. Organizing Texts in English Academic Writing
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22. Punctuation, Memes, and Choice
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23. Adding the Storyteller's Tools to Your Writer's Toolbox
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24. Is That a True Story?
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25. Consider My Rhetorical What?!! Please, Just Tell Me What You Want
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26. Establishing Tone in Your Writing
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V. Engagement: How We Utilize Literate Practices to Write
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27. Critical Reading
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28. Writing Is Recursive
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29. Movies Explain the World (of Writing)
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30. Peer Review
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31. Citations: Why, When, How?
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32. "Intertextuality": A Reference Guide on Using Texts to Produce Texts
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33. Reflection: We're Always Doing It
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34. Revision IS Writing. That is All.
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35. ‘Tis Better to Give and Receive: How to Have More Effective Peer Response Groups
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VI. Contingency: How We Situate Writing to Create Meaning
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36. Why We Might Tell You 'It Depends': Insights on the Uncertainties of Writing
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37. Effects Experienced Writers Use
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38. The Narrative Effect: Story as the Forward Frame
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39. The Information Effect: The Facts, the Figures, the So What?
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40. The Persuasion Effect: What Does It Mean to Write Persuasively?
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41. The Evaluation Effect: Making Judgments
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42. What Is Story?
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43. GENRE in the WILD: Understanding Genre Within Rhetorical (Eco)systems
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44. Audience Analysis: Reasonable Expectation vs. Stereotypes
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45. Whose Job Is It to Make "Good" Writing? Writer-Responsible vs. Reader-Responsible Languages
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46. Dash That Oxford Comma! Prestige and Stigma in Academic Writing
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VII. Student-Authored Projects
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47. From Adult Child to the True Self: How the ACA Red Book Creates a New Identity for Trauma Survivors
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48. I Wrote Something, Now What?
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49. Storytelling and Identity: Writing Yourself Into Existence
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50. The Disgusting Rhetoric Behind Social Media Copywriting
(PLEASE DO TAKE NOTE OF THIS OFFICIAL NOTE FROM THE SALT LAKE (UTAH) COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SLCC:
"By accessing or using any part of this site, you agree to not download, copy, or otherwise plagiarize its contents in any way.")
The Drunken Odyssey Podcast
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WRITING EXERCISES
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"An episode a day keeps the writer's block away, or, at the very least, The Drunken Odyssey ("a podcast about the writing life,") provides insights on the writing process that may get you one step closer to putting pen to paper.
Hosted by author John King, the podcast promises "eclectic interviews with writers from a variety of genres..[and] features discussions of all aspects of the writing process, [including] the scrawled notes and tortured drafts that lead writers there."
Episodes are typically an hour long and can be streamed via the above link, as well as on Apple Podcasts and Stitcher.
On the website, listeners will find various ways to search for episodes.
A tab at the top of the page links to the "Podcast Episode Guide," which catalogs the over 400 episodes. Additionally, the left-hand side panel has a chronological archive, as well as a list of categories that sort episodes by theme, from "Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart" to "Literature of Florida."
As an added bonus, readers may want to check out the "Literary Memes" tab at the top of the page, where you may find a smile and a spark of inspiration."
from the INTERNET SCOUT REPORT, MARCH 20, 2020
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A GRAPHIC ORGANIZER FOR THE PRELIMINARY WRITING PHASE:
CONCEPTUALIZING WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY IN AN ESSAY:
Writing Essay-Organizer.pptx
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER FOR WRITING A PERSUASIVE LETTER
WRITING A PERSUASIVE LETTER.pdf
Writing Basics Units 1 through 3 Free OPEN SOURCE TUTORIALS FROM U ALASKA ANCHORAGE.docx
PARAPHRASING:
AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF HOW TO PARAPHRASE -- NOT PLAGIARIZE -- USING AS AN EXAMPLE A DIRECT QUOTE from an article --and showing how one can intelligently paraphrase the quote-- the site also gives explanations and examples of why citations are so important in a formal paper
AN INNOVATIVE IDEA FOR TECHNICAL WRITING CLASSES:
FIND AN OUTDATED U.S. GOVERMENT MANUAL and then have students make critical edits and re-write entire chapters with new information. The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville successfully used this approach as a classroom exercise, as well as assigning chapter(s) to individual students. Find a description of this assignment here
NEW!
FREE WRITING/COMPOSITION TEXTBOOKS AND WRITING GUIDES FROM UNIVERSITIES:
PLEASE NOTE: MANY FREE ACADEMIC WRITING RESOURCES AVAILABLE HERE
(This is courtesy of the University of Ottawa'sOER by DISCIPLINE, June 2021)
This section includes Technical Writing, Composition, Grammar, and Engaging with Literature for the purpose of critical thinking and analysis, and is a wonderful, useful resource for both Teachers and Students.)
NEW!
NEW!
Communication Beginnings: An Introductory Listening and Speaking Text for English Language Learners. (University of Minnesota Press)
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1022&context=pdxopen
Chapter 1- Learning how to speak and listen in English:
• Tips and strategies for increasing and retaining learning
• Advice on learning English in a university setting
Chapter 2- Introductions
• Describing yourself and other people
§ Grammar points
§ Third person singular ‘s'
§ Subject pronouns and possessive adjectives
Chapter 3- Talking about travel and experiences: Page 25-36
• Intonation in English
§ Grammar points
§ WH and Yes/No question formation
Chapter 4- Discussing food and eating: Page 37-50
• Understanding Conversational English with reduced speech
§ Grammar points
§ Contractions in English
Chapter 5- Describing places around town: Page 51-64
• Addresses and place descriptions
§ Grammar points
§ Past tense verbs
§ Ordinal and cardinal numbers
Chapter 6- Communicating about hobbies and routines: Page 65-73
• Agreeing and Disagreeing in English
§ Grammar points
§ Using so, too, neither and either
§ Adverbs of frequency
Chapter 7- Discussing jobs and university majors: Page 74-85
• Word and syllable stress in English
§ Grammar points
§ Future tense verbs
This textbook is designed for beginning-intermediate English language learners.
"It is composed of 7 chapters, each of which covers specific speaking and listening learning objectives and includes dialogues, interviews, discussions and conversation activities.
Each chapter includes listening and speaking components such as dialogues, interviews, discussions and conversation activities. Each chapter also focuses on 10 target words from the New General Service List of English vocabulary.
The free, online textbook includes an audio component that consists of recorded conversations of native and non-native English speakers, as well as links to additional listening resources on the web."
(This book prepares ESL Students for Writing)
NEW!
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1012&context=pdxopen
"Each unit begins with a chapter of fiction about a teacher and students in one ESL class. Reading comprehension and reading skills exercises follow. Prefix and suffix vocabulary-focus exercises are included. Academic Word List vocabulary exercises help students build a strong foundation in both receptive and productive knowledge. The following chapters in each unit expand on unit themes through non-fiction articles focusing on academic preparation, international experiences, and cultural adjustment. Vocabulary is repeated and comprehension and reading skills are further practiced."
Table of Contents
Unit 1: Academic Expectations
- Chapter 1: Stephanie's Story
- Chapter 2: IELP Expectations of Students
- Chapter 3: The Pros and Cons of Studying Abroad
Unit 2: Problem Solving
- Chapter 4: Luna and Violeta's Story
- Chapter 5: Solve That Problem
- Chapter 6: Easier Said than Done
NEW!
Writing Assignments Across University Disciplines: A Textbook
--ROGER GRAVES AND THERESA HYLAND, EDITORS
NEW!
Includes: Handouts & Readings & Video Lectures and Syllabus
NEW!
NEW!
(ELL = English Language Learners)
(from WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON)
· Printable PDF
· Main Textbook
Creating Our Classroom Culture
- Getting Ready to Write
- Chapter 1: Identity
- Chapter 2: World Englishes
- Chapter 3: Power and Poetry
- Chapter 4 ¡Si, Se Puede!
- Chapter 5: Food Deserts
- Chapter 6: Protecting Mauna Kea
- Chapter 7: Black Lives Matter
·Appendix: Decolonizing ELT
(from the Preface to this text:
"I am so honored and humbled to be able to offer up some resources in the work of anti-racism and decolonization in the field of English language teaching, to be able to contribute in a small way to the larger work. This work is inherently a collective effort. And it is in each one of us taking on this charge that change happens.")
FROM THE WEBMASTER, MY OWN PERSONAL NOTE:
This textbook offers many thoughtful pre- and post- activities, replete with illustrations, TED Talks, Graphic Organizers, helpful notes for students, and plenty of help for reluctant writers. Written with verve, and the amazing heart of an immigrant who struggled to learn English herself, this text has soul, and plenty of it. One of my best picks. Please give it a try.
COLLEGE WRITING HANDBOOK -- A GUIDE TO WRITING 2021
College Writing Handbook 2021.pdf (.pdf contains the FULL TEXT of this TEXTBOOK)
CONTENTS:
1. Module 1: Grammar: Why is Grammar Important?
2. Module 2: Punctuation
3. Module 3: Usage
4. Module 4: Sentence Structure
5. Module 5: The Writing Process
6. Module 6: Research
7. Module 7: MLA Citations
8. Module 8: APA Citations
RESEARCH AND COMPOSITION (developed by an Associate Professor of English at Jefferson Community College in Watertown. N.Y. from a SUNY OER TEXT)
The Professor also developed a very helpful GRADING RUBRIC for this Course:
REVISED-ENG-101-Grading-RUBRIC.doc REVISED-ENG-101-Grading-RUBRIC.doc
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I. WEEK 1
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What is Technical Writing/Technical Communication?
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II. WEEK 2
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Audience/Reader Types
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Writing Effective Emails
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Sample Student Email
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Grammar Lesson - Capitalization
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III. WEEK 3
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Intake Documents
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Intake Document Student Sample (Welding)
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Intake Document Student Sample (Auto/Diesel)
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Intake Document Student Sample (Mechatronics)
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IV. WEEK 4
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Writing Instructions
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Document Design Basics
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Using Visuals
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V. WEEK 5
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Delivering Bad News/Written Apologies
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Seven Goals for Delivering Bad News
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Optional Article: Seven Tips on How to Apologize in the Business World
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Grammar Lesson - Apostrophes/Possessive S
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VI. WEEK 6
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Project Completion/Documenting Work Completed
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Project Completion Student Sample - Automotive Invoice
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Project Completion Student Sample - Welding
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Closeout Documentation Information for Welding and Fabrication Jobs (Welding Dept.)
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VII. WEEK 7
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Grammar Lesson - Quotation Marks
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Accident and Incident Reports
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Sample Student Accident Report
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VIII. WEEK 8
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Resumes
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Resume Checklist
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Eight Resume Tips
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Resume Sample (Pipe Welder)
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Resume Sample (Welding)
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Resume Sample (Diesel Mechanic)
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Grammar Lesson - Possessive Pronouns & Other Commonly Confused Words
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IX. WEEK 9
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Employment Documents - Cover Letters
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Sample Student Cover Letter - Welding
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Sample Student Cover Letter - Automotive
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Employment Documents: Inquiry Letters
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Annotated Job Inquiry Sample
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X. WEEK 10
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Final Quiz Grammar Review
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Technical Descriptions
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Technical Description (sample 1)
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Technical Description (sample 2)
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XI. Additional Resources for Writing/Technical Communication
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General Design Concepts
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Basic Design and Readability in Publications
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Appendix
NON-FICTION TEXT STRUCTURES WITH EXPLANATORY VIDEO and EXERCISES
(from OER HUB -- ISKME)
ABSTRACT:
"In this seminar, you will learn about various text structures in nonfiction writing and be able to identify which type an author is using. Understanding these structures will help you determine an author’s purpose and allow you analyze (break down) the author’s message or main points. As you get better at identifying different text structures, you will notice these patterns and apply them to different types of writing: articles, recipes, speeches, etc."
https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=oer
("This textbook is part of an OER Grant for Prof. Bookman's ENG 201A Writing in the Disciplines class in 2019. The emphasis of this class is to have students work on different types of writing with different audiences.
Multimodal writing is incorporated into each assignment. The topics for each assignment focus on current news, social media, and personal branding.")
Table of Contents for ENG 201A:
Welcome to ENG 201A
Syllabus
Overview of My Method
A Professor’s View of Grading
Should There Be a Complete Ban on Technology in the Classroom
Part 1: Writing Process
Critical Thinking
Audience
Brainstorming
Outlining
Plagiarism
Library Research
Steps to Reading
Summary
Critique
Proofreading
Part 2: Assignments
Press Release
Social Media Critique
Fake News Essay
Ethics and Laws Essay
Final Paper
ePortfolio Assignment
Peloton Advertisement Assignment
Part 3: Appendices
Appendix 1: General Checklist for Editing and Proofreading
Appendix 2: Checklist for ePortfolio85
Appendix 3: Basics of Punctuation
Appendix 4: Procedure for Proofreading
Professor Bookman's General Handouts for this class:
Formatting Assignments
Formatting Assignments
Proofreading Handouts
Proofreading Handouts
Writing Process
Writing Process
Plagiarism
The Art of Academic Writing -- Textbook -- Dixie State University in St. George, Utah
("This is an OER textbook formatted as a website (each page represents a chapter) designed for introductory college-level composition courses, such as English 101. It covers writing as a process, modes of discourse, and research writing. It also includes sample student writing (all samples have been authorized by their authors to be published on the website.")
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
General Thoughts on Writing:
One Rule to Rule Them All
Assumptions about Writing
The Non-Art of Plagiarism
Writing Like Freud: A Word about The Subconscious
Literacy, Broadly Speaking
The Art of the Essay:
The Art of Writing an Essay
Authorial Presence: The Art of Including Yourself
The Art of Beginning and Ending an Essay
The Writing Process:
The Writing Process
Conceive Your Darlings: The Art of Pre-Writing
Birth Your Darlings: The Art of Drafting
"The Importance of Writing Badly," by Bruce Ballenger
Kill Your Darlings: The Art of Revising
Shine Your Darlings: The Art of Editing
Abandon Your Darlings: The Art of Publishing
Make Them Hear You: The Art of Public Presentations
The Art of Ethical Writing
Argumentation:
Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasion
The Art of Rhetorical Appeals: Ethos, Pathos, & Logos
Bring Them to Your Side: The Art of the Argument
Common Logical Fallacies
The Art of the Warrant: Connecting Evidence to Claims
Rhetorical Modes:
Busting a Move: The Art of Rhetorical Modes
One Thing Leads to Another: The Art of Cause and Effect
Putting Them Together: The Art of Classifying
Setting Things Apart: The Art of Comparing
Control Their Minds: The Art of Describing
Pulling Them Apart: The Art of Dividing
Bringing Them Along: The Art of Narrating
Boiling it Down: The Art of Summarizing
Research Writing:
The Art of Being Choosy: Finding & Evaluating Sources
The Art of Using a Source: Quoting, Paraphrasing, & Summarizing
Writing Samples:
Sample Student Essays (English 1010 & 2010, Dixie State University)
Sample Literary Analysis
English 147: Writing Arguments about STEM website includes course material developed at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.
"You will find sample assignments, OER textbooks, and a sample syllabus for a 10-week writing course.
Description: Critical analysis of arguments about STEM topics. Examination and application of logical and rhetorical principles. Evaluation of sources and evidence. Composing arguments across a range of genres and media. Students will:
- Identify principles of rhetoric and logical reasoning in arguments about STEM topics.
- Analyze and compose arguments of fact.
- Analyze and compose arguments of value.
- Analyze and compose arguments that advocate on issues of social import using sound reasoning and evidence.
- Compose texts in different genres and multiple media for diverse audiences.
- Engage with the ethical and cultural dimension of argument.
- Evaluate the credibility of evidence when constructing arguments.
Assignments: Assignments for this course were developed based on the classical rhetorical theory of Stasis, a critical method for analyzing and composing arguments. Stasis theory suggests that arguments can be categorized into four main types: arguments of fact (did something happen?), arguments of definition (how should we classify this event?), argument of value/quality (how should we evaluate this event?), and arguments of policy (should action be taken? if so, what action should be taken?). Stasis theory further contends that stasis categories build upon each other and that disputing parties must reach a consensus on lower stasis-level questions before they can move onto questions at the next stasis level.
In addition to in-class writing and activities, students will be asked to complete three main composition assignments related to stasis theory and STEM topics: 1) Writing an Argument of Fact; 2) Writing an Argument of Value; 3) Writing an Argument of Policy."
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The Writing Process
- Writing Essentials
- Writing and Business Models
- Feedback and Grading
About the Book:
"It is the goal of this book to help students do the following:
• Apply basic concepts for effective and concise business writing.
• Compile a well-written report acceptable within a business context.
• Follow a writing process designed for business students.
• Demonstrate critical thinking, reasoning, and persuasion.
• Communicate in writing using a business model.
• Apply resources for improving business writing skills."
Technical Writing @ SLCC (from the SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE) THIS OPEN TEXTBOOK
COVERS THE ESSENTIALS OF STRONG TECHNICAL WRITING, WITH NUMEROUS EXAMPLES:
Table of Contents:
- I. The Writing Process
- II. Introduction to Writing in the Sciences
- III. Introduction to Writing in Engineering
- IV. Citation & Copyright
- V. Civic-Engagement and Technical Writing
- VI. Project Planning
Sara Behseta, of the East Los Angeles College and Jenell Rae
Copyright Year: 2020
Publisher: Academic Senate for California Community Colleges
Formats Available
Table of Contents:
- I. The Writing Process
- II. Sentence Structure
- III. Literary Analysis
- IV. Critical Thinking and Reading
About the Book:
"This book has been created to provide a framework for building your skills in writing and critical thinking. It provides access to published samples from professional authors along with essay drafts from ESL students who have polished their skills in their respective writing courses. The themes in the readings will give you a variety of topics to discuss with your classmates, which may inspire your own deeper thinking and writing. Overall, we hope that as you proceed through these chapters, you will build confidence and develop your voice in the classroom and beyond. Welcome to the world of academic writing!"
READING SKILLS:
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Critical Reading
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Annotating While You Read
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Creating Discussion Questions
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Learning Vocabulary in Context
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Building Vocabulary with Suffixes
WRITING SKILLS:
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Writing Skills: Avoiding Plagiarism
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Writing Skill: Summary and Response
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Writing Skills: Noun Clauses for Better Sentences
GRAMMAR SKILLS:
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Grammar Skills: Active and Passive Voice
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Grammar Skills: Gerund and Infinitive
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Grammar Skills: Participle Phrases
HOW TO WRITE A THESIS STATEMENT (a compilation of some of the very best Powerpoints, Guides and Handouts from University Writing Centers across the U.S.A.)
CRITICAL THINKING AND COMPOSITION (A CAL STATE UNIVERSITY TEXTBOOK)
Critical Thinking and Composition.pdf
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Arguments: What is an argument and how to avoid fallacies in your writing.
"As the second of a three-course sequence that culminates in English Composition I (college-level composition),
Introduction to College Composition focuses on helping students practice and strengthen the basic concepts and skills of the writing process: critical reading; process-based writing; research and documentation; and practical grammar and mechanics.
An optional module introduces “college success” strategies that help students understand and develop good habits to improve their performance in this and other college courses. Course content may be used for standard instruction or diagnostically to discover and address gaps in students’ skills/knowledge.
This course was developed by Lumen Learning in conjunction with Cerritos College and incorporates material from multiple open sources.
NOTE: THE SELF-CHECKS ARE QUIZZES STUDENTS MUST TAKE BEFORE THEY CAN PROCEED TO THE NEXT SECTION. QUIZZES ARE AUTOMATICALLY GRADED. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT COLLEGE-LEVEL TEXTBOOK ON WRITING AND RESEARCH, and WRITING ETHICALLY. ALSO INCLUDES A FINAL CHAPTER ON SUCCESS SKILLS.
Faculty Resources
Reading: Types of Reading Material
Reading: Reading Strategies
Reading: Specialized Reading Strategies
Reading: Vocabulary
Reading: Thesis
Reading: Supporting Claims
Outcome: Supporting Claims
Point, Illustration, Explanation
Logos, Ethos, Pathos
Self Check: Supporting Claims
Assignment: Supporting Claims
Reading: Logic and Structure
Logic and Structure
Organizational Patterns
An Overview of the Rhetorical Modes
Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
Logical Fallacies
Self Check: Logic and Structure
Assignment: Logic and Structure
Reading: Summary Skills
Outcome: Summary Skills
Writing Process: Topic Selection
Writing Process: Prewriting
Writing Process: Finding Evidence
Writing Process: Organizing
Writing Process: Drafting
Writing Process: Revising
Writing Process: Proofreading
Research: Finding Sources
The Research Process
Grammar: Nouns and Pronouns
Grammar: Verbs
Grammar: Other Parts of Speech
Grammar: Punctuation
Grammar: Sentence Structure
Grammar: Voice
Success Skills
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PASSIVE AND ACTIVE VOICE (from the UCLA WRITING CENTER)
("Peer Learning Facilitators from the UCLA Undergraduate Writing Center give their top writing tips!
Each video includes interactive questions to test your knowledge. In this video, learn all about passive and active voice with Jessica!")
(from the Salt Lake City Community College)
- II. Rhetoric: How We Examine Writing in the World
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7. On Rhetoric
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8. Language Matters: A Rhetorical Look at Writing
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9. The Rhetorical Situation
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10. Audience
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11. Exigence
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12. On Genre
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13. Rhetoric & Genre: You've Got This! (Even If You Don't Think You Do …)
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14. Counterargument
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15. Story as Rhetorical: We Can't Escape Story No Matter How Hard We Try
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III. Action: How We Engage & Initiate Change Via Writing
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16. Personal Literacy and Academic Learning
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17. Writing for Community Change
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18. The Elizabeth Smart Case: A Study in Narrativized News
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19. Service Learning Abroad: Helping the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation in South Africa
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20. The Ethics and Importance of Arguments Across Moral Tribes
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IV. Deliberation: How We Make Strategic Writing Choices
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21. Writers Make Strategic Choices
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22. Making Choices in Writing
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23. Organizing Texts in English Academic Writing
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24. Punctuation, Memes, and Choice
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25. Adding the Storyteller's Tools to Your Writer's Toolbox
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26. Is That a True Story?
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27. Follow a Map and Grab a Sandwich: Help Your Reader Navigate Your Writing
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28. Multi-Modal Communication: Writing in Five Modes
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29. Definitions, Dilemmas, Decisions: Making Choices in Writing
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30. Consider My Rhetorical What?!! Please, Just Tell Me What You Want
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31. Establishing Tone in Your Writing
V. Engagement: How We Utilize Literate Practices to Write
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32. Critical Reading
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33. Writing Is Recursive
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34. Movies Explain the World (of Writing)
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35. Peer Review
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36. Citations: Why, When, How?
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37. Collaborative Response: An Alternative to Peer Feedback
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38. Writer's Block? Try Creative Play and Freewriting
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39. "Intertextuality": A Reference Guide on Using Texts to Produce Texts
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40. Reflection: We're Always Doing It
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41. A Quick Introduction to College Learning Strategies
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42. General Academic Literacy and Disciplinary Literacy
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43. Reading for Understanding
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44. Reading to Learn and Remember
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45. Adapting to Disciplinary Literacy Conventions
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46. Revision IS Writing. That is All.
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47. ‘Tis Better to Give and Receive: How to Have More Effective Peer Response Groups
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49. Effects Experienced Writers Use
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50. The Narrative Effect: Story as the Forward Frame
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51. The Information Effect: The Facts, the Figures, the So What?
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52. The Persuasion Effect: What Does It Mean to Write Persuasively?
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53. The Evaluation Effect: Making Judgments
Articles for Instructors:
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Service-Learning in English Studies and Writing Studies
(Professional advice that specifically focuses on how to go about writing successful college application essays.
However, more generally, this article does an excellent job of explaining how to think about, and then carefully dissect the questions asked of you in a written essay, and then demonstrates how to successfully structure that essay in final form.)
"Writing in College is designed for students who have largely mastered high-school level conventions of formal academic writing and are now moving beyond the five-paragraph essay to more advanced engagement with text. It is well suited to composition courses or first-year seminars and valuable as a supplemental or recommended text in other writing-intensive classes. It provides a friendly, down-to-earth introduction to professors' goals and expectations, demystifying the norms of the academy and how they shape college writing assignments. Each of the nine chapters can be read separately, and each includes suggested exercises to bring the main messages to life.
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1: Really? Writing? Again?
- Chapter 2: What Does the Professor Want? Understanding the Assignment
- Chapter 3: Constructing the Thesis and Argument—From the Ground Up
- Chapter 4: Secondary Sources in Their Natural Habitats
- Chapter 5: Listening to Sources, Talking to Sources
- Chapter 6: Back to Basics: The Perfect Paragraph
- Chapter 7: Intros and Outros
- Chapter 8: Clarity and Concision
- Chapter 9: Getting the Mechanics Right
("This is a collection of readings for Composition 150: Rhetoric and Research, which introduces students to the discipline of Writing Studies. Students develop a foundation of academic writing as transformative and transferrable through an anthology of readings and emphasis on threshold concepts such as: writing is linked to prior literacy experiences; writing is a social and rhetorical activity; good writing depends on the situation; and all writers have more to learn.")
- Keywords: grammar, genre, rhetoric, writing style
The individual Modules for this course may be found here
OER Content Overview:
Modules in this OER course:
1. Genre: 2-5
2. Grammar: 6
3. Rhetoric: 7-10
4. Style: 11-13
5. Miscellaneous (some extra resources we’d like to share): 14
("A retired master teacher of English and Comparative Literature teams up with his son, a History professor, on a new version of the writing manual he wrote and used for decades at the University of California, Davis.")
Table of Contents:
- 1. Analyzing Texts, Taking Notes
- 2. Discovering a Topic, Preparing for Discussion
- 3. Creating a Thesis
- 4. Ordering Evidence, Building an Argument
- 5. Coherent Paragraphs
- 6. Effective Sentences
- 7. Appropriate Words
- 8. Revising
- 9. Revision Checklist
"Writing Basics is a series of self-paced online Units that serve as a tutorial for those desiring a refresher in basic writing skills. The course is designed to prepare students for 100-level composition courses or to cover the skills needed for general education writing requirements at the college level.
Preview Online Modules: Writing Basics Course
Subject Matter Expert Review: SME Review: Writing Basics"
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Thinking Critically About Research
- Chapter Two: Understanding and Using the Library and the Internet for Research
- Chapter Three: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Avoiding Plagiarism
- Chapter Four: How to Collaborate and Write With Others
- Chapter Five: The Working Thesis Exercise
- Chapter Six: The Annotated Bibliography Exercise
- Chapter Seven: The Critique Exercise
- Chapter Eight: The Antithesis Exercise
- Chapter Nine: The Categorization and Evaluation Exercise
- Chapter Ten: The Research Essay
- Chapter Eleven: Alternative Ways to Present Your Research
- Chapter Twelve: Citing Your Research Using MLA or APA Style
(from TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY)
Table of Contents:
- Section 1: Howdy!
- Section 2: Getting Started
- Section 3: Rhetorical Situation
- Section 4: Types of Argumentation
- Section 5: Process and Organization
- Section 6: Joining the Academic Conversation
- Section 7: Researched Writing
- Section 8: Ethics
"Users of Expressions and Inquiry will note that it has three major sections—Section One which primarily focuses on the nuts and bolts of writing, otherwise known as Rhetoric and Composition, important to get writers started with the process of writing and also considering what their point or claim is. This section shares ideas about expressing ideas and is primarily derived from the Wiki Book on Rhetoric and Composition. Section Two continues to discuss academic writing including research and other inquiry methods as well as analysis and blends more of the previously cited Wiki Book and Shane Abram’s EmpoWord: A Student Centered Anthology and Handbook for College Writers.
It also includes some examples from students at Lansing Community College and more discussion about thinking deeply about writing and techniques. Finally, Section Three Narrative and Description, is primarily based on Shane Abram’s EmpoWord. We circled back to the techniques of description and narration because we believe these techniques are needed to engage readers and develop voice in all writing. We hope all of this will help students in the Composition courses we teach and beyond.
As we developed Expressions and Inquiry we laughingly called it a Franken-text because it is an Open Educational Resource (OER) made up of parts of other textbooks.
We hoped it wouldn’t be monstrous, but that other writing instructors and their students and ours will find our remix helpful, and we know we learned a lot as we remixed and worked together.
We encourage others to collaborate and develop their own products and explore the world of open source texts, and we used this for the first time Spring Semester 2019 with slight modifications in May afterwards."
CONTENTS:
- 1 The Writing Process
- 1.2 Five Evaluation Criteria
- 2 How Do I Choose A Topic
- 3.1 What is a Brainstorm
- 3.2 What is Clustering?
- 3.3 What is Freewriting?
- 4 Outline
- 5.1 Introduction to Researching
- 5.2 Determine the Role of Research in Your Writing
- 5.3 Finding Scholarly Sources
- 5.4 Evaluating Scholarly Sources
- 5.5 Evaluating Non-Scholarly Sources
- 5.6 Evaluating Web Sources
- 5.7 Consider Your Project
- 5.8 Integrating Scholarly Sources
- 5.9 Cite Sources to Avoid Plagiarism (IMPORTANT)
- 6.1 Overview of Drafting
- 6.2 Drafting: The Process
- 6.3 During the Drafting Process
- 6.5 Dealing with Writer's Block
- 6.6 Meeting the Minimum Word Count
- 6.7 Title of Your Essay
- 6.8 Final Thoughts on Drafting
- 7.1 Editing and Revising: One and the Same?
- 7.2 Sentence Structure
- 7.3 Editing Tips
- 7.4 Perspectives on Style
- 8.1 Overview of Reviewing
- 8.2 Establishing Criteria
- 8.3 Writing Helpful Comments
- 8.4 Responding to Criticism
- 8.5 Peer Reviews
- 8.5 Peer Reviews cont.
- 9.1 Overview of Revising
- 9.2 Differences Between Revising, Editing, and Proofreading
- 9.3 A Change for the Better
- 9.4 Analyze Each Part of Your Paper
- 9.4.1 Introductions
- 9.4.2 Thesis Statements
- 9.4.3 Position
- 9.4.4 Scope
- 9.4.5 Body Paragraphs
- 9.4.6 Conclusions
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Part 2 Writing Expository and Evaluative Essays
- 10.1 Reading with a Purpose
- 10.2 Reading Analytically
- 10.2.2 Key Terms
- The Yellow Wallpaper
- 10.2.3 Authorial Intent
- 10.2.4 Radical Noticing: Seeing What Is On the Page
- 10.2.5 Symbols, Patterns, and References
- 10.2.6 Sociocultural Lenses
- 10.3 Summary and Response
- 10.3.1 Key Terms
- 10.3.2 Identifying Main Points, Concerns, and Images
- 10.3.3 Tracking Your Reactions
- 10.3.4 Writing Your Summary
- 10.3.5 Paraphrase, Summary, and Direct Quotes
- 10.3.6 Original Passage
- 10.4 Reading Activities
- 10.4.1 Summary and Response: TV Show or Movie
- 10.4.2 Digital Media Summary
- 10.4.3 An Analysis of Texts
- 10.4.4 Sample 1
- Sample 2
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “Why I Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper” (1913)
- 11 From Reading to Writing
- 11.1 The Case for Critical Writers
- 11.2 Rhetorical Situations
- 11.3 Writing as a Process
- 11.4 Chapter Vocabulary
- Chapter 11 Endnotes
- 12.1 Types of Exposition
- 12.2 Find a Topic, Read, Discuss, and Research
- 12.3 Structure of an Analytical/Expository Essay
- 12.3.1 Introduction
- 12.3.2 Body
- 12.3.3 Conclusion
- 12.4 Sample Exposition Assignments
- 12.5 Sample Papers
- 12.5.1 Sample 1
- 12.5.2 Sample 2
- 12.5.3 Sample 3
- 12.6 Analytical Essay Checklist Exercise
- 13.1 Establishing Evaluative Criteria
- 13.2 How to Evaluate
- 13.3 Structure of the Evaluative Essay
- 13.4 Sample Assignments
- 14.1 Basic Argument Essay Structure
- 14.2 Strengthening Your Argument
- 14.3 Sample Essay
- 15.1 Student-Centered Writing and Learning Communities
- 15.2 Rhetorical Situations
- 15.3 Assignments and Activities
- 15.4 Student-Centered Writing and Learning Communities
- 15.5 Rhetorical Situations Applications
- 15.6 Writing as Process
- 15.7 Introductory/Pedagogical Vocabulary
- 16.1 Description and Narration Vocabulary
- 16.2 Techniques
- 16.3 Descriptive Section Vocabulary
- 16.4 Imagery and Experiential Language
- 17.1 Specificity Taxonomy
- 17.2 Micro-Ethnography
- 17.3 Imagery Inventory
- 17.4 The Dwayne Johnson Activity
- 17.5 Surprising Yourself: Constraint-Based Scene Description
- 17.6 Image Builder
- 18.1 Sample 1
- 18.2 Sample 2
- 19.1 Vocabulary and ideas to consider as you write narratives.
- 19.2 Telling a Story
- 20.1 Idea Generation: What Stories Can I Tell?
- 20.2 Idea Generation: Mapping an Autobiography
- 20.3 Experimenting with Voice and Dialogue
- 21.1 Sample 1
- 21.2 Sample 2
- 21.3 Sample 3
- 22.1 Reflective Vocabulary
- 22.2 Techniques
- 22.3 Reflective Activities
- 22.4.1 Sample 1
- 22.4.2 Sample 2
- 22.4.3 Sample 3
- 22.5 Assignment
- 22.6 One Example of a Peer Workshop Process
"Foundational Practices of Online Writing Instruction addresses the questions and decisions that administrators and instructors most need to consider when developing online writing programs and courses.
Written by experts in the field (members of the Conference on College Composition and Communication Committee for Effective Practices in OWI and other experts and stakeholders), the contributors to this collection explain the foundations of the recently published (2013) A Position Statement of Principles and Examples Effective Practices for OWI and provide illustrative practical applications.
To that end, in every chapter, the authors address issues of inclusive and accessible writing instruction (based upon physical and mental disability, linguistic ability, and socioeconomic challenges) in technology enhanced settings.
The five parts of this book attempt to cover the most important issues relevant to principle-centered OWI:
(1) An OWI Primer,
(2) OWI Pedagogy and Administrative Decisions,
(3) Practicing Inclusivity in OWI,
(4) Faculty and Student Preparation for OWI, and
(5) New Directions in OWI.
Working from the belief that most writing courses eventually will be mediated online to various degrees, the editors offer principles and practices that will allow this collection to inform future composition theory and praxis. To this end, the editors hope that the guidance provided in this collection will encourage readers to join a conversation about designing OWI practices, contributing to the scholarship about OWI, and reshaping OWI theory."
"Writing for Success is a text that provides instruction in steps, builds writing, reading, and critical thinking, and combines comprehensive grammar review with an introduction to paragraph writing and composition."
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Writing
- Chapter 2: Writing Basics: What Makes a Good Sentence?
- Chapter 3: Punctuation
- Chapter 4: Working with Words: Which Word Is Right?
- Chapter 5: Help for English Language Learners
- Chapter 6: Writing Paragraphs: Separating Ideas and Shaping Content
- Chapter 7: Refining Your Writing: How Do I Improve My Writing Technique?
- Chapter 8: The Writing Process: How Do I Begin?
- Chapter 9: Writing Essays: From Start to Finish
- Chapter 10: Rhetorical Modes
- Chapter 11: Writing from Research: What Will I Learn?
- Chapter 12: Writing a Research Paper
- Chapter 13: APA and MLA Documentation and Formatting
- Chapter 14: Creating Presentations: Sharing Your Ideas
- Chapter 15: Readings: Examples of Essays
This OER textbook has been designed for students to learn the foundational concepts for English 100 (first-year college composition).
The content aligns to learning outcomes across all campuses in the University of Hawai'i system.
It was designed, written, and edited during a three day book sprint in May, 2019.
(from the Open Textbook Library)
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. College Success Skills
- Chapter 2. The Writing Process
- Chapter 3. Essay Structure
- Chapter 4. Types of Essays
- Chapter 5. Research Skills
WRITING GOOD SENTENCES AND THE MECHANICS OF WHAT MAKES A GOOD SENTENCE
("This guide provides at least three distinct advantages over other guides: it is specifically targeted to Gordon State students, it covers writing across the whole curriculum, not just English; and it is free.)
Jenny Crisp, Lydia Postell, and Melissa Whitesell
("This online book is designed to help students learn the skills they will need to do well in college-level classes. Some courses will focus on writing, some on reading, and some on a combination of the two; this book is designed to work with all of those classes.")
LITERATURE, CRITICAL THINKING AND WRITING: A TEXTBOOK (Includes Assigned Readings for further analysis)
BAD IDEAS ABOUT WRITING
Table of Contents:
- Bad Ideas About What Good Writing Is
- Bad Ideas About Who Good Writers Are
- Bad Ideas About Style, Usage, and Grammar
- Bad Ideas About Writing Techniques
- Bad Ideas About Genres
- Bad Ideas About Assessing Writing
- Bad Ideas About Writing and Digital Technology
- Bad Ideas About Writing Teachers
About the Book:
"We intend this work to be less a bestiary of bad ideas about writing than an effort to name bad ideas and suggest better ones. Some of those bad ideas are quite old, such as the archetype of the inspired genius author, the five-paragraph essay, or the abuse of adjunct writing teachers. Others are much newer, such as computerized essay scoring or gamification. Some ideas, such as the supposed demise of literacy brought on by texting, are newer bad ideas but are really instances of older bad ideas about literacy always being in a cycle of decline. Yet the same core questions such as what is good writing, what makes a good writer, how should writing be assessed, and the like persist across contexts, technologies, and eras. The project has its genesis in frustration, but what emerges is hope: hope for leaving aside bad ideas and thinking about writing in more productive, inclusive, and useful ways."
TEXTBOOK ON TECHNICAL WRITING FROM THE OPEN TEXTBOOK LIBRARY
(from Oklahoma State University)
Table of Contents:
I. Theory
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Audience
Chapter 3: Team Work and Collaborative Writing
Chapter 4: Ethics
Chapter 5: Document Design
II. Genres and Practice
Chapter 6: Emails, Memos, and Texting
Chapter 7: Applying to Jobs (Resumes/Letters)
Chapter 8: Technical Instructions
Chapter 9: Proposals
Chapter 10: Research
Chapter 11: Analytical Reports
Chapter 12: Oral Reports
Appendix: Technical Instructions -- Additional Student Examples
THE WRITING PROCESS (COURTESY OF THE WRITING CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY)
"This reader contains example genres and strategies, along with example arguments and other general readings. It contains full accessibility
and a CC-BY-NC-SA license." OER READER for Eng110 and Eng120 2019Final Tahoma.docx (for full text access)
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
OPEN LICENSE. 4
EXAMPLES OF STRATEGIES AND GENRES. 6
NARRATIVE: THE RIBBON.. 7
DESCRIPTION: ESSAY OF PLACE. 9
ILLUSTRATION: PUNCTUATION, MEMES, AND CHOICE. 12
PROCESS ANALYSIS: HOW TO WRITE A KICK@SS ESSAY WITH HALF THE STRESS. 22
COMPARE AND CONTRAST: LONDON VS. WASHINGTON DC. 24
DIVISION AND CLASSIFICATION: ETHOS, PATHOS, AND LOGOS IN COMMERCIALS. 26
CAUSE AND EFFECT: EFFECTS OF VIDEO GAME ADDICTION.. 29
MEMOIR GENRE: GETTING LET GO.. 31
PROFILE GENRE: MY DAD.. 34
THE ESSAY GENRE. 37
COLLECTION: FIVE SHORT ESSAYS. 38
ESSAY: CRITICAL READING. 41
ESSAY: MAKING CHOICES IN WRITING. 46
ESSAY: LANGUAGE MATTERS. 50
ESSAY: PERSONAL LITERACY AND ACADEMIC LEARNING. 59
THE STRATEGY OF ARGUMENT. 62
ARGUMENT: UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE COVERAGE IN THE UNITED STATES. 63
ARGUMENT: THE CASE FOR TORTURE. 65
DEFINITION ARGUMENT: WHAT IS A “GEEK”?. 68
ARGUMENT: TOOLS AND TASKS. 71
ARGUMENT: WHY WOMEN FROM ASIA ARE CONFRONTING U.S. FRACKING: OIL EXTRACTION EQUALS PLASTIC PRODUCTION 75
ARGUMENT: WHICH FUTURE WOULD YOU CHOOSE?. 79
ARGUMENT: THE POLITICS OF FEAR: HOW IT MANIPULATES US INTO TRIBALISM.. 81
ARGUMENT: TAKING THE NATIVE AMERICAN NARRATIVE BEYOND RESERVATIONS. 84
OTHER GENERAL READINGS. 91
Reading: Developing A Universal Religion. 92
Reading: Game Addictions. 98
Reading: Determining Moral Behavior – Personal Freedom.. 105
Reading: Determining Moral Behaviors – Killing. 107
Reading: Physician-Assisted Suicide. 111
Reading: Intro to Gender. 116
Reading: Feminism.. 133
Reading: Global Issues in Austria & Czech Republic with Migration. 139
Reading: Government Policies to Reduce Income Inequality. 145
A BIG BIT ABOUT BLOGGING.. 152
BLOGS: HISTORY, TYPES, & RESEARCH.. 153
(This free Textbook includes many guided Writing Prompts)
Steven D. Krause, Eastern Michigan University
("The title of this book is The Process of Research Writing, and in the nutshell, that is what the book is about. A lot of times, instructors and students tend to separate “thinking,” “researching,” and “writing” into different categories that aren't necessarily very well connected.
First you think, then you research, and then you write.)
Robin Jeffrey, Klamath Community Col("This writer's reference condenses and covers everything a beginning writing student should need to successfully compose college-level work. The book covers the basics of composition and revising, including how to build a strong thesis, how to peer review a fellow student's work,
and a handy checklist for revision, before moving on to a broad overview of academic writing. Included for those students who need writing help at the most basic level are comprehensive sections on sentence style and grammar, verbs, nouns and other tenets of basic grammar.
Finally, the sections on research and citation should help any student find solid evidence for their school work and cite it correctly, as well as encouraging an understanding of why citation is so important in the first place. This is a guide that is useful to writing students of all levels,
either as a direct teaching tool or a simple reference.")
Jasmine Roberts, Ohio State University
("Good writing skills are important in today's competitive work environment. This is especially the case for communication-related professions such as public relations, brand communication, journalism, and marketing.
Writing for Strategic Communication Industries emphasizes practical application of academic inquiry to help readers improve their writing skills.)
Cheryl Lowry, Ohio State University
("Choosing & Using Sources presents a process for academic research and writing, from formulating your research question to selecting good information and using it effectively in your research assignments. Additional chapters cover understanding types of sources, searching for information, and avoiding plagiarism.
Each chapter includes self-quizzes and activities to reinforce core concepts and help you apply them. There are also appendices for quick reference on search tools, copyright basics, and fair use.")
Monique Babin, Clackamas Community College; Carol Burnell, Clackamas Community College; Susan Pesznecker, Portland State University
Written by five college reading and writing instructors, this interactive, multimedia text draws from decades of experience teaching students who are entering the college reading and writing environment for the very first time. It includes examples, exercises, and definitions for just about every reading- and writing-related topic students will encounter in their college courses.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part 1: Working with Texts
Building Strong Reading Skills
- Read Effectively
- Create an Optimal Setting for Reading
- Use Pre-reading Strategies
- Read Efficiently
- Annotate and Take Notes
- Do Quick Research
- Discover What a Text is Trying to Say
- Explore the Ways the Text Affects You
- Reflect
- Troubleshoot Your Reading
Writing about Texts
- Reading Critically
- Exploring the Structure of a Text
- Dialectic Note-taking
- Analyzing Content and Rhetoric
- Sentence-Level Analysis
- Point of View
- Word Choice
- Paragraph Analysis
- Summarizing a Text
- Critiquing a Text
- Drawing Conclusions, Synthesizing, and Reflecting
What is Information Literacy?
- Why is Information Literacy Important?
- Finding Quality Texts
- Learning About Plagiarism and Guidelines for Using Information
Part 2: Writing
Why Write?
- Self-Exploration and Self-Enrichment
- Creativity
- Comprehension and Academic Performance
- Professional Opportunities
- Effective Communication and Persuasion
Determining Your Audience and Purpose
- Audience
- Purpose
- Appealing to Your Audience
- Exercises
- Tone, Voice, and Point of View
Prewriting—Generating Ideas
- Selecting and Narrowing a Topic
- Strategies for Getting Started
- Imagining Your Audience's Needs
Drafting
- Organizing Your Ideas and Looking for Connections
- Finding the Thesis
- Writing a First Draft
- Writing Paragraphs
- The Paragraph Body: Supporting Your Ideas
- Developing Relationships between Ideas
- Patterns of Organization and Methods of Development
- Writing Introductions
- Writing Conclusions
- Writing Summaries
- Paraphrasing
- Quoting
Using Sources Correctly
- Crediting and Citing Your Sources
- Citing: Identifying In-Text Sources
- Citing or Identifying Images in Your Writing
- Handling Titles
- Proofreading Your Work with Sources
- Using Citation Generators
Dealing with Obstacles and Developing Good Habits
- Overcoming Writing Anxiety and Writer's Block
- Good Writing Habits
- Procrastination
Revising
- Higher vs. Lower Order Concerns
- Reverse Outlining
- Editing
- Document Format, Documentation Style, and Proofreading
- Giving and Receiving Feedback
- What's Next?
Appendices
Grammar and Style
Resources for Working with MLA
Creating a Works Cited Page
Results for the "Check Your Understanding" Activities
Glossary of Terms
Works Cited in This Text
Jennie A. Harrop, George Fox University
("Writing guides abound, but The Simple Math of Writing Well is one of a kind. Readers will find its practical approach affirming, encouraging, and informative, and its focus on the basics of linguistic structure releases 21st-century writers to embrace the variety of mediums that define our internet-connected world. As Harrop reminds us in the opening chapters of her book, we write more today than ever before in history: texts, emails, letters, blogs, reports, social media posts, proposals, etc. The Simple Math of Writing Well is the first guide that directly addresses the importance of writing well in the Google age.")
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Myths And Rule Changes 1
Part I. The Sentence Equation
- 1. Main Verbs
- 2. Main Subjects
- 3. Terminal Punctuation Marks
- 4. Mid-Sentence Punctuation Marks
- 5. Eight Parts Of Speech
- 6. Consistency
Part II. The Paragraph Equation
- 7. Topic Sentences
- 8. Evidence
- 9. Summary Sentences
Part III. The Essay Equation
- 10. Thesis Statements
- 11. Introductions
- 12. Body Paragraphs
- 13. Conclusions
Part IV. The Process Of Writing Well
- 14. Purpose
- 15. Audience
- 16. Voice
- 17. Context
- 18. Claims And Appeals
- 19. Clarity And Cohesion
- 20. Revision And Creativity
Part V. Research
- 21. Finding Credible Evidence
- 22. Including Outside Evidence
Part VI. Academic Formatting
- 23. APA
- 24. MLA
- 25. TURABIAN
Part VII. Beyond Academia
- 26. Emails
- 27. Letters
- 28. Reports And Proposals
Conclusion
About The Author
Alexandra Glynn, North Hennepin Community College; Kelli Hallsten-Erickson, Lake Superior College; Amy Jo Swing, Lake Superior College
This text is meant to be used in any first year College Composition class or as a general guide to college writing. The book focuses on writing as a process, not a product. The goal is to help students discover their own writing process, tryin g out different methods and strategies to find what works best for them
Table of Contents:
- Chapter One: Why Write?
- Chapter Two: A Writing Process for Every Writer
- Chapter Three: Defining Audience and Purpose
- Chapter Four: Exploring: Finding a Topic
- Chapter Five: Writing a Thesis
- Chapter Six: Organizing
- Chapter Seven: Drafting
- Chapter Eight: Revising
- Chapter Nine: Editing
- Chapter Ten: Proofreading
- Chapter Eleven: Research Process
Aaron Tucker and Paul Chafe
Write Here, Right Now: An interactive Introduction to Academic Writing and Research utilizes PressBooks to create and host a writing e-textbook for first year university students that would effectively integrate into the flipped classroom model. The textbook could also be used for non-flipped classroom designs, as the embedded videos, diagrams and linked modules would act as an all-in-one multimedia textbook geared towards multiple learning styles and disciplines. The components of the textbook, including the embedded videos, could be swapped in and out in order to accommodate a professor’s best idea of his/her own course design.
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1: Time is on Your Side
- Chapter 2: Evidence
- Chapter 3: The Full Three Storey Thesis
- Chapter 4: From Thesis to Essay
- Chapter 5: Maintaining Focus and Purpose: The Body Paragraphs
- Chapter 6: One Last Time Before You Go: The Conclusion and Final Review
- Chapter 7: Making Your Own Argument
- Chapter 8: Gathering Research and Establishing Evidence
- Chapter 9: Towards the Well-Researched Paper
- Chapter 10: Joining the Conversation: Primary Sources, Secondary Sources, and You
- Chapter 11: Editing and Evolving the Thesis and Outline
- Chapter 12: What Have I Accomplished? Conclusion and Final Assessment
- Chapter 13: Works Cited
("This textbook guides students through rhetorical and assignment analysis, the writing process, researching, citing, rhetorical modes, and critical reading. Using accessible but rigorous readings by professionals throughout the college composition field, the Oregon Writes Writing Textbook aligns directly to the statewide writing outcomes for English Composition courses in Oregon.")
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part 1: Situation and Analysis
- Part 2: The Writing Process
- Part 3: Research
- Part 4: Rhetorical Modes
- Part 5: Critical Reading
"College ESL Writers: Applied Grammar and Composing Strategies for Success is designed as a comprehensive grammar and writing etext for high intermediate and advanced level non-native speakers of English. We open the text with a discussion on the sentence and then break it down into its elemental components, before reconstructing them into effective sentences with paragraphs and larger academic assignments. Following that, we provide instruction in paragraph and essay writing with several opportunities to both review the fundamentals as well as to demonstrate mastery and move on to more challenging assignments."
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1: Writing Basics - What Makes a Good Sentence?
- Chapter 2: Sentence Variety - How do I Refine My Writing?
- Chapter 3: Writing Paragraphs - Separating Ideas and Shaping Content
- Chapter 4: Writing Essays - From Start to Finish
- Chapter 5: Revising and Editing
- Chapter 6: Working with Words - Usage, Form, & Context
- Chapter 7: Overview of English Grammar
- Chapter 8: Punctuation and Capitalization
- Chapter 9: Good Writing - Models and Samples
- Chapter 10: Suggested Writing Topics & Grading Rubrics
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 - Critical Reading
- Chapter 2 - Rhetorical Analysis
- Chapter 3 - Argument
- Chapter 4 - The Writing Process
- Chapter 5 - Rhetorical Modes
- Chapter 6 - Finding and Using Outside Sources
- Chapter 7 - How and Why to Cite
- Chapter 8 - Writing Basics: What Makes a Good Sentence?
- Chapter 9 - Punctuation
- Chapter 10 - Working With Words: Which Word is Right?
English Composition: Connect, Collaborate, Communicate (from the Open Textbook Library)
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Chapter 1. College Success Skills
- Chapter 2. The Writing Process
- Chapter 3. Essay Structure
- Chapter 4. Types of Essays
- Chapter 5. Research Skills
"This OER textbook has been designed for students to learn the foundational concepts for English 100 (first-year college composition). The content aligns to learning outcomes across all campuses in the University of Hawai'i system. In May 2019, English writing instructors from various campuses in the University of Hawai‘i (UH) system—Karyl Garland (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa [UHM]), Ann Inoshita (Leeward Community College), Jeanne K. Tsutsui Keuma (Leeward Community College, Wai‘anae Moku), Kate Sims (Hawai‘i Community College, Pālamanui), and Tasha S. Williams (Leeward Community College)—collaborated to create this OER textbook... a comprehensive, robust text that contains essential concepts for first-year writing at the college level, with facilitation support and copyediting from Book Sprints, the UHM Outreach College OER Project, and the UH ITS Online Learning team."
TABLES OF CONTENT:
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Foreword
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Chapter 1. College Success Skills
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1.1 Introduction
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1.2 College Success Skills
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1.3 Intellectual Standards for Quality
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Chapter 2. The Writing Process
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2.1 Introduction
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2.2 Prewriting
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2.3 Drafting
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2.4 Revision
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2.5 Editing
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Chapter 3. Essay Structure
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3.1 Introduction
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3.2 Opening Paragraphs
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3.3 Body Paragraphs
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3.4 Conclusions
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Chapter 4. Types of Essays
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4.1 Introduction
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4.2 Narration
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4.3 Process Analysis
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4.4 Evaluation
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4.5 Persuasion
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Chapter 5. Research Skills
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5.1 Introduction
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5.2 The Research Process
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5.3 Citing Sources
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Appendix
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Appendix 1. Place-Based and Culture-Based Readings
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Appendix 2. Online Videos and Readings
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Appendix 3. Additional Suggested Assignments
NEW!
"This book is a free and open resource to composition instructors and students, full of essays that could supplement OER rhetoric and writing texts that lacked readings. All of the essays in this reader are versatile rhetorically and thematically. It is arranged alphabetically by author name. Each essay has a series of hashtags that apply to the essay in some way. You can search for essays thematically that relate to topics like education, the environment, politics, or health. You can also search for essays based on composition concepts like analysis, synthesis, and research. You can search for essays that are based on shared values, essays that rely heavily on ethos, logos, or pathos, essays that are very kairos-dependent, and essays that are scholarly.
This collection was created in Google Docs so that it is easily adapted and edited." (ESL TEACHERS CAN CREATE ESL LESSON PLANS --
WITH ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS --BASED ON THESE READINGS.)
NEW!
("The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) showcases and highlights award-winning science journalism" and aims to "celebrate excellence, honor and amplify the work of awards programs, and--most important--offer inspiration and insight to aspiring and early-career science writers." In addition to viewing the stories featured on the Showcase home page, visitors can browse its Stories section to find numerous exemplary pieces organized by disciplines such as planetary science, mathematics, and medicine. Readers should be sure to check out the Storygrams category, which features "professional annotations of great stories to highlight how writers have tackled the challenges of covering science," published in collaboration with The Open Notebook." (From the Internet Scout Report, August 2, 2019)
NEW!
OPEN WRITING OER TEXTBOOK FOR ENGLISH 1 (from the OPEN OREGON EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES)
NEW!
NEW!
FICTION WRITING WORKSHOP: TEXTBOOK AND SYLLABUS (link now corrected)
Also includes a Textbook "Intro to Creative Writing"
From the Professor of this Fiction Writing Workshop:
"Sample assignment and syllabus:
Assignment
This is an assignment I use for the class.
Rubric
This is the grading rubric I use for papers in the class."
NEW!
"College ESL Writers: Applied Grammar and Composing Strategies for Success is designed as a comprehensive grammar and writing etext for high intermediate and advanced level non-native speakers of English. We open the text with a discussion on the sentence and then break it down into its elemental components, before reconstructing them into effective sentences with paragraphs and larger academic assignments. Following that, we provide instruction in paragraph and essay writing with several opportunities to both review the fundamentals as well as to demonstrate mastery and move on to more challenging assignments."
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1: Writing Basics - What Makes a Good Sentence?
- Chapter 2: Sentence Variety - How do I Refine My Writing?
- Chapter 3: Writing Paragraphs - Separating Ideas and Shaping Content
- Chapter 4: Writing Essays - From Start to Finish
- Chapter 5: Revising and Editing
- Chapter 6: Working with Words - Usage, Form, & Context
- Chapter 7: Overview of English Grammar
- Chapter 8: Punctuation and Capitalization
- Chapter 9: Good Writing - Models and Samples
- Chapter 10: Suggested Writing Topics & Grading Rubrics
(This Book is part of the Open Textbook Library -- offered by the University of Minnesota)
NEW!
WRITING ASSIGNMENTS AND FEEDBACK from the Teaching Center at Washington University in St. Louis
https://teachingcenter.wustl.edu/resources/writing-assignments-feedback/
THIS LINK INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING RESOURCES:
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Table of Contents:
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I. Chapter 1: Defining Strategic Communication
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1. What is strategic communication?
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2. Five tenets of strategic communication
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3. Skills needed in the strategic communication profession
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4. Jobs in strategic communication
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5. References
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II. Chapter 2: Media Writing--Conventions, Culture, and Style
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6. The role of media in American society
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7. Media culture and work environment
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8. The role of writing in strategic communication
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9. Media writing skills and characteristics
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10. References
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III. Chapter 3: Strategic Communication Ethics
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11. Ethics case study
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12. Code of ethics
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13. Defamation
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14. Conflict of interest
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15. Plagiarism
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16. Lack of transparency
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17. Misleading advertisements
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18. Corporate social responsibility
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19. References
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IV. Chapter 4: News Value
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20. News value and the strategic communication professional
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21. News value types (Part 1)
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22. News value types (Part 2)
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23. References
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V. Chapter 5: News Writing Basics
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24. News story objective
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25. Types of news stories
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26. Inverted pyramid style
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27. Summary lead
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28. Body of the article
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29. Attribution
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30. Headlines
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31. References
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VI. Chapter 6: Feature Writing
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32. The purpose of feature writing
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33. Feature writing versus traditional news writing
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34. Feature leads
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35. Feature article organization
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36. Feature writing devices
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37. References
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VII. Chapter 7: Public Relations Industry
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38. What is public relations?
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39. Four models of public relations
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40. Why do companies need public relations?
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41. Public relations versus marketing versus advertising
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42. General roles in public relations
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43. References
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VIII. Chapter 8: Media Relations
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44. What is media relations?
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45. Working with journalists
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46. Pitching to the media
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47. References
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IX. Chapter 9: Public Relations Writing
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48. The role of writing in public relations
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49. News writing versus public relations writing
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50. The press release
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51. Writing the press release
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52. Press release structure and format
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53. Press kit materials
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54. References
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X. Chapter 10: Social Media--Uses and Messaging
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55. What are social media?
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56. Social media characteristics
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57. The impact of social media in strategic communication industries
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58. Factors to consider before posting
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59. Creating social media messages
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60. References
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XI. Chapter 11: Advertising Industry
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61. The role of advertising in society
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62. Job responsibilities in advertising
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63. Advertising campaign model: Social marketing
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64. Creative brief
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65. Copywriting
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66. References
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XII. Chapter 12: Creating a Writing Portfolio
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67. Why create a writing portfolio?
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68. Online versus hardcopy portfolios
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69. Writing portfolio content
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70. Other important points about the writing portfolio
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71. References
NEW!
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION FOR ENGINEERS: A FREE TEXTBOOK FROM KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, USA
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WRITING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROPOSALS: A FREE eBOOK -- ATTACHMENT BELOW)
writing-scientific-research-proposals-1.pdf
NEW!
(An excellent handout for ESL classes as well as for American Spaces, American Centers and American Corners)
WRITING SPACES --- OPEN TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS
(This Preface is taken from the MERLOT website: "
"Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing is a book series containing peer-reviewed collections of essays--all composed by teachers for students--with each volume freely available for download under a Creative Commons license.
The Writing Spaces' aims to build a library of quality open textbooks for the writing classroom as an alternative to costly textbooks. Each series collection will contain engaging essays from different writing teachers in the field and will explore important topics about writing in a manner and style accessible both to teachers and students.
In each chapter, authors present their unique views, insights, and strategies for writing by addressing the undergraduate reader directly.
Drawing on their own experiences, these teachers-as-writers invite students to join in the larger conversation about developing nearly every aspect of their craft. Consequently, each essay functions as a standalone text that will easily complement other selected readings in writing or writing-intensive courses across the disciplines at any level. While the three volumes will focus on instructional texts for first-year composition, future editions may feature texts for writing in the disciplines and professional writing classrooms."
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Description:
"This handbook is designed for a generalized business writing course that seeks to meet the needs of a variety of student majors and career interests. In it you will find: descriptions and discussions of common genres, both routine and formal, print and electronic, and in-class activities and sample assignments. You will also find commentary on how to adapt the writing process to the rhetorical constraints of a workplace as well as how to think about, conduct, and use research outside an academic setting. Throughout you will note a persistent emphasis on audience awareness and direct style." (a Kansas State University TextBook)
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Unit 1:Sentences ..........................................................................................................................
Unit 2: Summary Writing .............................................................................................................
Unit 3: The Basics of Paragraphs ...............................................................................................
Unit 4: Routines and Opinions: Using the Simple Present
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Unit 5: Narrative Writing: Using the Simple Past
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Unit 6: Supporting Opinions with Reasons
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Appendix A: List of Frequently Misspelled Words .......................................................................
Appendix B: Personal Spelling List and Practice ........................................................................
Appendix C: Gerund Subjects and Non-referential (“dummy”) It
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Appendix D: Plural Agreement and Basic Article Use .................................................................
UNIVERSITY SUCCESS: HOW TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE IN YOUR FIRST YEAR -
AND BEYOND, 2nd Edition, a free textbook
(MY PERSONAL NOTE: especially useful for International Students)
https://openpress.usask.ca/universitysuccess2ndedition/
Includes an excellent chapter on the Writing Process:
- 8.1 Steps in the Research and Writing Process
- 8.2 Stage One: Prewriting Activities
- 8.3 Stage Two: Drafting Activities
- 8.4: Stage Three: Editing and Proofreading
and TAKING NOTES AND PREPARING FOR CLASS: (MY PERSONAL NOTE: ALSO VERY IMPORTANT)
- 3.1 Setting Yourself Up for Success
- 3.2 Are You Ready for Class?
- 3.3 Are You Really Listening?
- 3.4 Got Notes?
- 3.5 Remembering Course Materials
- 3.6 Chapter Activities
Commonsense Composition -- Resources:
https://www.ck12.org/book/Commonsense-Composition/
Table of Contents:
1.0 Descriptive Essays
This chapter details how to write each of the four types of descriptive essays (person, place, object, and event) and focuses primarily on sense language, showing vs. telling, and essay organization.
This chapter details how to write the two types of narrative essays and focuses on how to properly organize a narrative essay, whether autobiographical or biographical, in order to present an individual's transformation.
This chapter details how to write an effective expository essay, focusing specifically on the organization of the main components of an essay --- the introduction, the thesis, the body paragraphs, and the conclusion.
This chapter details how to write an effective persuasive essay, focusing on how to address counterpoints, how to support an argument with citations, and how to organize the introduction, the thesis, the body paragraphs, and the conclusion.
This chapter introduces students to the basics of reading literature. It introduces students to subjective and objective reading, and goes over the basic ideas behind reading for plot, character, setting, and theme.
This chapter covers the basics of close reading, with a focus on connotation vs. denotation, simile, metaphor, repetition, and imagery. The chapter also introduces students to different narrative modes.
This chapter shows how to create effective tone and style by paying special attention to syntax and word usage. By explain grammatical concepts that are relevant to meaningful writing, this chapter connects the gap between grammar and writing.
This chapter introduces students to the basics of formal business writing. It covers business letters, cover letters, resumes, internet etiquette, and personal statements for college applications.
This chapter focuses on the basic parts of speech (noun, verb, adverb, and adjective), reflecting upon the form and function of each part of speech.
This chapter focuses on the parts of the sentence (the clause and the phrase). Through investigating dependent and independent clauses and subordinating and coordinating conjunctions, this chapter helps students avoid fragmented or run-on sentences.
This chapter focuses on the use of common types of punctuation, including commas, semicolons, colons, hyphens, apostrophes, and dashes and parenthesis, to help students avoid sentence structure and clarity issues.
This chapter describes and explains the main verb and sentence types: to be, linking, transitive, and intransitive. By investigating these constructions, this chapter helps students create more complex and compound sentences.
This chapter reviews the most common errors found in student writing - errors in subject/verb agreement, commas and semicolon misuse, and passive voice - to promote the recognition, understanding, and avoidance of these common problems.
BUSINESS PLAN DEVELOPMENT GUIDE: A FREE TEXTBOOK:
https://openpress.usask.ca/businessplandevelopmentguide/
CONTENTS:
- Chapter 1 – Developing a Business Plan
- Chapter 2 – Essential Initial Research
- Chapter 3 – Business Models
- Chapter 4 – Initial Business Plan Draft
- Chapter 5 – Making the Business Plan Realistic
- Chapter 6 – Making the Plan Appeal to Stakeholders and Desirable to the Entrepreneur
- Chapter 7 – Finishing the Business Plan
- Chapter 8 - The Business Plan Pitch
ESSENTIALS FOR WRITING A GRANT PROPOSAL
and
ESSENTIALS OF PROPOSAL WRITING
"Involved: Writing for College, Writing for Your Self helps students to understand their college experience as a way of advancing their own personal concerns and to draw substance from their reading and writing assignments.
"By enabling students to understand what it is they are being asked to write—from basic to complex communications—and how they can go about fulfilling those tasks meaningfully and successfully, this book helps students to develop themselves in all the ways the university offers. This edition of the book has been adapted from the print edition, published in 1997 by Houghton Mifflin.
(Colorado State University) by Charles Bazerman"
https://wac.colostate.edu/books/practice/involved/
The Table of Contents for this book:
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Preface and Acknowledgments
Part One. Writing Your Self into College
Chapter 1: Strategic Writing
Chapter 2: The Classroom Situation
Chapter 3: Writing Processes
Part Two. Thriving in the Classroom
Chapter 4: Journals and Reflective Writing
Chapter 5: Notes and Summaries: Writing to Remember
Chapter 6: Exam Writing: Displaying Knowledge
Part Three. Using Concepts to View the World
Chapter 7: Illustrative Writing: Connecting Concepts and Real Examples
Chapter 8: Autobiographical Writing: Connecting Concepts and Experience
Chapter 9: Analytical Writing: Looking Closely
Part Four. Investigating
Chapter 10: The Investigative Process
Chapter 11: Investigating the Archive: Library Research Writing
Chapter 12: New Investigations: Fieldwork and Laboratories
Part Five. Dealing with Complexity
Chapter 13: Writing About Complex Worlds
Chapter 14: Writing About Problem Cases
Chapter 15: Arguing Your Case
Subject Index
Readings Index
WRITE IN THE MIDDLE: A WRITING WORKSHOP FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS
(FROM ANNENBERG LEARNER)
FOR WIRITING TEACHERS:
Technical and Professional Writing and Communication
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